Gardens full of flowers are beautiful but if you get some which kick out wonderful sweet perfumes then you’re onto…
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One of the features of a new home are the high-quality lawns which are installed on every property. This lush…
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Gardening columnist Gareth Austin shares some of the gardening jobs you can do in January to prepare for spring. It’s…
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DD Gardening: Heather, the modest fellow of the garden
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoThere are few plants which perform as consistently has heather in the garden. When planted they last for many years…
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Last week we were celebrating the start of the Autumn colours on the garden trees and shrubs, the lowering of…
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This past week its turned a bit chilly at night, you’ve probably packed away the shorts and are more than…
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DD Gardening: The humble strawflower – the star of my garden!
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoI’m a great fan of using annuals for fillers in the garden. Quick growing flowers are ideal for filling in…
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DD Gardening: When’s the best time to plant shrubs?
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoA question I get asked a lot is “when’s the best time to plant shrubs?”, and I think the answer…
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DD Gardening: Slug pellets – the blue snow of summer
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoSTOP! Hold it right there. Surely you’ve enough slug pellets down in the garden already? Many of you reading this…
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Roses are the favourite flower of gardeners. End of. No arguing. Whenever you see polls conducted to get gardeners to…
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DD Gardening: Get fruity at Off The Street Food Festival in Letterkenny
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoOver the weekend of the 29th & 30th July there is a new exciting Food Festival taking place in Letterkenny,…
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DD Gardening: Is Clover in a lawn a good thing?
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoYour lawn be a mass of white flowers between cuts – maybe this carpet if your signal its time to…
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DD Gardening: A thistle you’ll want in your garden!
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoWhen we think of thistles we tend to think about weeds, both in the shrub beds but also in the…
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Now the Peonies in the gardens are looking amazing. All your hard work of feeding, slug control and supporting these…
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DD Gardening: It’s time to give your plants some extra support
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoCome summer the garden will be packed, summer flowering perennials will be arching high above surrounding plants, their flowers reaching…
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DD Gardening: Time to get checking for sawflies
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoGooseberry Sawfly is the number one problem for anyone growing Gooseberries here in Donegal. A full plant can be severely…
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DD Gardening: Can nature do all your pest control for you?
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoIncreasingly there is concern about the use of pesticides in our gardens, concerns on what this exposure does to our…
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I’ve been heartened by a couple of recent visits to cafes in the town, firstly I think we’re furiously fortunate…
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DD Gardening: Give a regal shine to your garden
by Stephen Maguire 8 years agoThis past week has been a busy one, some great weather kept us busy outside and then at the end…
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There’s barely a day goes past which doesn’t involve someone asking me about moss in their lawn – it seems…